ABSTRACT
This chapter suggests that the views and language of people associated with its development, as well as contemporary anti-psychiatry messages, offering an overview of some issues raised and the language. It also suggests that medical terminology typifies psychiatric discussions, including those to do with psychosis and schizophrenia. Laing says of schizophrenic speech, 'A good deal of schizophrenia is simply nonsense, red-herring speech, prolonged filibustering to throw dangerous people off the scent, to create boredom and futility in others'. Claims about the purpose of the language associated with schizophrenia have not been substantiated, although the power of acceptance is a stronger point. Contemporary video presentations taking an anti-psychiatry view seem to have their own language and conventions. The interview was with Dr. Nada Stotland, who expressed concern about the effect of anti-psychiatry demonstrations on the well-being of patients. 'The Moral Career of the Mental Patient' looks at the 'initial effects of institutionalisation' on inmates' previous social relationships.
